Merck Research Laboratories in Rahway, New Jersey, a world leader in
pharmaceutical
research, is seeking a creative individual with excellent interpersonal
skills to
become a member of their Molecular Systems Group. The successful candidate
should
have a strong background in text processing in a UNIX environment -
information
extraction from natural language experience would be preferred. Proven
programming
skills in C, C++, and/or Perl are essential.
Responsibilities include the development and/or support of web-based search
tools,
document repositories, chemical name recognizers, chemical knowledge bases,
and
ancillary text processing utilities. Some background in chemistry, biology,
or
scientific programming would be an asset, but is not mandatory. Candidates
should
have a B.S. or M.S. degree in computer science or equivalent.
Merck Research Laboratories are located approximately 25 miles from New York
City.
Our salaries, benefits and growth potential are excellent. Applicants
should send
their CV (including names and addresses of three potential references) to:
Dr. Richard D. Hull
Merck & Co., Inc.
Box 2000, RY50SW-100
Rahway, NJ 07065-0900
Electronic resumes may be sent to richard_hullmerck.com

The department of English at the University of Lille 3, France, will
be seeking to fill several positions in English linguistics
starting in September 2000. The official application
process requires candidates to file a first set of forms
before November 10 1999. One of these positions may be at the level
of professor, the others at the level of "maitre de conferences" (more
or less equivalent of assistant professor in the US; requires a
PhD, tenure track).
We are seeking candidates specializing in
-Phonetics and phonology of English (maitre de conference or professor level)
-English Linguistics (maitre de conference level)
Lille 3 has a very good local linguistics research environment
including the CNRS funded research group SILEX (Syntaxe,
Interpretation, Lexique) and a phonetics laboratory. Lille is also
one hour from Paris and two hours from London by high speed
train. Belgium and the Netherlands are also easy to get to by rail or
road.
Knowledge of French is necessary, though part of the teaching
can be done in English.
Please write to Philip Miller (milleruniv-lille3.fr) for more information
on the nature of the positions, the research environment, and the
application procedure.